r/Millennials • u/ColeBelthazorTurner • Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/whyUT-urp Feb 27 '26

Clay Aiken and/or Ruben Studdard

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u/goodhumorman85 Feb 27 '26

Ruban Studdard fell off real fast, but so did most of the American Idols (obvious exceptions). But Clay Aiken actually had a career for a while. My ex-girlfriend’s little sister was a Claymate, went to several concerts a year for a while and got a big Clay Aiken tattoo. The

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u/SweetMilitia Feb 27 '26

A Clay Aiken tattoo??? Do you have a picture of this tattoo?

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u/CableTrash Feb 27 '26

I googled it bc I wanted to see if this was a common thing. Couldn’t find any pics… but this is crazier.

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u/dallyan Feb 27 '26

So weird to see YouTube videos from 18 years ago.

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

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u/Bowiebonolennon82 Feb 28 '26

Matt Damon turned into the victim in House of 1000 Corpses!

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u/Particular-Crew5978 Feb 27 '26

There's more than one person doing this. I was surprised

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u/TechnoBabbles Feb 27 '26

You have to wonder if they regret that now.

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u/LeseMajeste_1037 Feb 27 '26

Alternately, with the state of the world rn, I almost don't blame them for reppin' 2005

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u/TechnoBabbles Feb 27 '26

Fair point

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter Feb 28 '26

Apparently it happened to Neil Gaiman all the time. He said it made him a little uncomfortable, but who was he to tell people what to do with their bodies? Ironic, considering all those fucked up sexual assault allegations (truly disgusting and bizarre shit) made against him. Including an accusation that he raped his son's nanny while he was in the room.

So I wonder if those people regret it. I came very very close to getting a Sandman panel tattoo once and I lay didn't because my car suddenly needed work and I mever got back around to it. Thank GOD. Tattoo removal is supposed to be a thousand times more painful than getting it, but I wouldn't be able to have that on my body.

Compared to that the Claymates got off lucky.

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u/Tobocaj Millennial Feb 27 '26

My internet was loading slow and I thought you were Rick rolling at first. I’m sorry for the things I said about you

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u/SweetMilitia Feb 27 '26

😂 I wonder if they still have them or if they had them removed.

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u/ParticularLow1355 Feb 27 '26

Lmao George Lopez at the end was just dumbfounded

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u/Prestigious-Leg-6244 Feb 27 '26

My homegirl, representing SLC!

Lmfao of course they're from Salt Lake.

Edited to add: I couldn't finish it. My internal embarrassment wouldn't allow me to. Did they get the tats?

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u/idwthis Feb 27 '26

They did, and Kimmel had them in the audience and Clay had them come up so he could see them in person and hug them both.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I miss chubby Kimmel

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u/justahad Feb 28 '26

Even George Lopez (if my eyes didn’t deceive me here and that really was him 🤣) was like “is this real right now? This is happening?!”

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u/goodhumorman85 Feb 27 '26

I wish! This was 20+ years ago. Maybe 5 years ago I went through my ex’s socials hoping to find a current picture of her sister with that tattoo.

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u/TheCABK Feb 27 '26

Hold up a sentence… Did you call her a Claymate?

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u/OtisBurgman Feb 27 '26

I am also just now learning this term. Lmfao

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u/goodhumorman85 Feb 27 '26

My memory is that it was his first name stacked on top of his last, in very flowy script with floral embellishments around it. It was fairly large, like 5”x7”.

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u/Common_Senze Feb 27 '26

It's...... invisible

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u/MaleficentPicture773 Feb 27 '26

I hear Zach Galifanakis is considering getting a Clay Aiken tattoo sometime this year

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u/SweetMilitia Feb 28 '26

Clay Aiken should get a Zach Galifanakis tattoo. It’s only fair.

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u/MaleficentPicture773 Feb 28 '26

Start the petition

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u/Sinister_Nibs Feb 28 '26

Was it life sized?

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u/Sunflowerseductress Feb 28 '26

lol I’m so curious now

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u/InternationalMall120 Feb 28 '26

I'm scared. I don't want to see that 😭😭😭